Shadowing Practice: Pronunciation Pairs CD Unit 12 go - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 12 O Go Practice the sound
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Aw Close your mouth a little
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Add Make this sound short O is a long sound
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As you say it
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Push your lips forward into a circle
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Listen And repeat O Unit 12.
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A. Word Pairs Step 1.
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Listen to these word pairs.
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Saw.
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Sew.
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Caught.
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Coat.
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Haul.
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Hole.
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Ball Bowl Walk Woke Unit 12b.
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Test yourself.
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Step 1.
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Listen to the word pairs.
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Write S if the two words are the same, or D if the two words are different.
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1. Caught, coat 2.
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Saw, sew 3.
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Hole, hole 4.
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Walk, walk 5.
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Ball.
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Bowl.
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6. Cold.
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Cold.
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Step 2.
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Listen to each sentence and circle the word you hear.
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1. I fell in the hall.
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2. Could you sew this for me?
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3. Don't drop the ball.
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4. I walk early in the morning.
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5. Were you cold?
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6. Do you know anything about the coast?
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Unit 12C, Vocabulary Step 2,
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Listen Repeat the words and check your answers
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Oh no Snow Hello Ago Stop
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over open problem going
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window only come woke joking coat
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closed, throw, now, don't, October.
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Unit 12 -D.
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Dialogue.
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Snow.
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Step 1.
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Cover the dialogue and listen.
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Mark each sentence below T for true or F for false
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Correct the sentences that are false
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Joe, Joe, Joe, hello
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Oh, no, what's the problem?
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Look out the window
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No, my eyes are closed and I'm going back to sleep
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Don't go to sleep now, Joe Come look at the snow Snow?
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It's only October.
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I know there's no snow.
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Leave me alone.
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Come over to the window.
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Stop joking, Joan.
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There's no snow.
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Okay, I'll show you.
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I'm going to put on my coat and go out and make a snowball and throw it at you.
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Then you'll open your eyes.
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Unit 12E.
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Linking vowel sounds.
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Step 1.
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Listen and repeat.
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Go out.
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Throw it.
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Step 3.
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Listen.
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Repeat the sentences and check your answers.
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1. There was no answer.
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2. No, I don't 3. Do you know everyone?
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4. Sure, go ahead 5. Is the window open?
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6. It's so annoying 7.
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We can't go in.
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8. Is there snow on the ground?
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9. Joe isn't home.
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10. No, are you cold?
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Unit 12.
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F. Scrambled Conversations Step 2.
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Listen and check your answers.
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Do you know everyone here?
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No, I don't.
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Hello.
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Can I speak to Joe?
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Sorry.
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Joe isn't home now.
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Is it okay if I take one?
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Sure, go ahead. Is the window open?
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No, are you cold? Did you call Joan?
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Yes, but there was no answer.
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Is there snow on the ground?
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No, it's only snowing a little.
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We can't go in yet.
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I know, it's so annoying.
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Unit 12.
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H. Common Expressions Listen and repeat these common expressions with the sound O.
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No. I don't know.
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I hope so.
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I'm only joking.
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How's it going?
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Okay.
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Could you open the window?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Pronunciation Pairs CD Unit 12 go”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: listen, snow, Unit, Step, Joe. This video has 104 sentences and 456 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:44. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 18 of its 104 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| coat noun | /ˈkoʊ̯t/ | An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. |
| joking verb | /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/ | Kidding, trying to fool. |
| dialogue noun | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| haul verb | /hɔl/ | To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle. |
| annoy verb | /əˈnoɪ̯/ | To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
| snowball noun | /ˈsnoʊbɔl/ | A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow… |
| vowel noun | /ˈvaʊ.əl/ | A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. |
| snow noun | /snoʊ̯/ | The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation… |
| repeat verb | /ɹɪˈpiːt/ | To do or say again (and again). |
| sentence noun | /ˈsɛn.təns/ | The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. |
| hole noun | /hoʊl/ | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. |
| false adjective | /fɔls/ | Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. |
| circle noun | /ˈsɜɹkəl/ | A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center). |
| expression noun | /əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/ | The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| look out verb | To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Could you sew this for me?
- Do you know anything about the coast?
- Do you know everyone here?
- Is it okay if I take one?
- Could you open the window?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm going · it's only snowing · I'm only joking |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | I'll show · you'll open |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 15 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like coat, joking, dialogue.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.